[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 26407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12106]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, 
Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or 
Manufactured in Bangladesh

May 11, 1995.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing 
limits.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 15, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Arnold, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of these 
limits, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards 
of each Customs port or call (202) 927-5850. For information on 
embargoes and quota re-openings, call (202) 482-3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; 
section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
1854).

    The current limits for certain categories are being increased by 
recrediting unused carryforward and special carryforward.
    A description of the textile and apparel categories in terms of HTS 
numbers is available in the CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel Categories 
with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (see Federal 
Register notice 59 FR 65531, published on December 20, 1994). Also see 
60 FR 5371, published on January 27, 1995.
    The letter to the Commissioner of Customs and the actions taken 
pursuant to it are not designed to implement all of the provisions of 
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing, but are designed to assist only in the 
implementation of certain of their provisions.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
May 11, 1995

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directive issued to you on January 24, 1995, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, man-made fiber, silk 
blend and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Bangladesh and exported during the 
twelve-month period which began on January 1, 1995 and extends 
through December 31, 1995.
    Effective on May 15, 1995, you are directed to amend the January 
24, 1995 directive to increase the limits for the following 
categories, as provided under the terms of the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 
Clothing:

                                                                        
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              Category                  Adjusted twelve-month limit\1\  
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237................................  376,930 dozen.                     
331................................  906,360 dozen pairs.               
334................................  109,143 dozen.                     
335................................  195,967 dozen.                     
336/636............................  350,689 dozen.                     
342/642............................  329,155 dozen.                     
369-S\2\...........................  1,376,141 kilograms.               
638/639............................  1,184,778 dozen.                   
641................................  839,306 dozen.                     
645/646............................  302,555 dozen.                     
647/648............................  942,193 dozen.                     
847................................  500,270 dozen.                     
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\1\The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported
  after December 31, 1994.                                              
\2\Category 369-S: only HTS number 6307.10.2005.                        

    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs 
exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C.553(a)(1).
Sincerely,
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc.95-12106 Filed 5-16-95; 8:45 am]
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